Private Equity

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Frozen in track: fitness investments wobble in pandemic

Coronavirus forces gym, yoga studios and other fitness centers to shutter shops, halting cash flow.

3 min read · 19 March 2020

Secondaries buyers expect VC fire sale

Venture funds should sell for about 60 percent of their net asset value today versus about 78 percent of NAV in December, according to a poll by Setter Capital.

2 min read · 19 March 2020

VC won't respond to the looming downturn like it did to the GFC

The asset class has changed and matured so much in the last 12 years that this recession will bring different challenges and spark new solutions. Plus, the secondaries market is more robust now.

3 min read · 18 March 2020

CapVest's Curium shelves potential $3bn sale amid downturn, Bain Capital Ventures-backed Vetsource weighs options, Great Hill's Chris Gaffney talks downturn

Tech-focused GPS are adjusting to the new coronavirus reality and CapVest's Curium calls off its potential $3 billion sale.

4 min read · 18 March 2020

Bain Capital Ventures-backed Vetsource weighs options, expecting delays

Barclays and Moelis have been engaged for sell-side financial advice, however the timeline of the process is unclear amid market uncertainty.

3 min read · 17 March 2020

CapVest's Curium shelves potential $3bn sale amid market volatility

As the JPM and Rothschild process for the French nuclear medicine company is put on hold, attention shifts to Webster Equity-backed PharmaLogic, sources told PE Hub.

2 min read · 17 March 2020

Four threats to the growth of the GP-led secondaries market

The coronavirus pandemic is one of multiple threats to manager-initiated deals, which accounted for around one-third of total secondaries market volume last year.

6 min read · 17 March 2020

Pain points in private equity in economic crash, Black Diamond hires ex-Carlyle exec to run private equity, Hellman & Friedman to buy Checkmarx from Insight

Markets crash amid the coronavirus outbreak and Black Diamond taps an ex-Carlyle exec to head private equity.

4 min read · 17 March 2020

Advent agrees to investment in Conservice, Morgan Stanley's Pathway Vet Alliance goes to TSG for $2.65bn, Fed takes emergency measures

The Federal Reserve implements emergency measures to adjust to the new reality and Advent agrees to invest in Conservice.

2 min read · 16 March 2020

Brookfield halts sale of coal port due to coronavirus: Reuters

The decision makes the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal the largest deal in Australia to fall victim to the volatile market conditions sparked by the epidemic.

1 min read · 13 March 2020

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